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TITLE: Minutes of November 2005 Meeting - Atlanta, GA, USA
SOURCE: SC34 Secretariat
STATUS: Meeting minutes
ACTION: For information
DATE: 2005-11-16
DISTRIBUTION: SC34 and Liaisons
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Dr. James David Mason
(ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34 Chairman)
Y-12 National Security Complex
Bldg. 9113, M.S. 8208
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-8208 U.S.A.
Telephone: +1 865 574-6973
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Mr. G. Ken Holman
(ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34 Secretariat - Standards Council of Canada)
Crane Softwrights Ltd.
Box 266,
Kars, ON K0A-2E0 CANADA
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Facsimile: +1 613 489-0995
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http://www.jtc1sc34.org




1. Opening of opening plenary meeting
2. Roll call of Delegates
 - Secretariat Manager to ask JTC1 regarding status of Thai National Body
3. Appointment of Drafting Committee
 - documents by Tuesday evening
4. Adoption of the Agenda: Document: SC34 N 663
 - no further additions
5. Chairman's Remarks
 - ISO magazine - article needed by January, please contribute through WG and NB
6. Secretariat's Remarks 
 - secretariat office closed from Christmas through February
7. Reports of ISO/IEC Liaisons (Specific ISO/IEC liaisons will be added to the agenda upon receipt of written contributions to the plenary meeting)
 - SC22 - Keld present at plenary in September, presentation regarding terminology for JTC 1, SCC undertaking pilot project to collect definitions in JTC1 starting with SC22, possible application of Topic Map technology for maintaining the vocabulary information, desire to make the end result public
8. Reports of External Liaisons (Specific ISO/IEC liaisons will be added to the agenda upon receipt of written contributions to the plenary meeting) 
 - adding 60,000 glyphs to 200,000 total
 - http://10036ra.org
9. Reports of Working Groups 
9.1. Working Group 1 - Markup Languages
 - update to 9573 for authoring
 - upcoming PDAM for 9573-11 Amd. 1 - work is hosted on SourceForge
9.2. Working Group 2 - Information Presentation
 - DSSSL Amd 2, Amd 3
 - Font Interchange 3 Amd 1
 - discuss 24754 - minimum requirements for specify document rendering systems
9.3. Working Group 3 - Information Association
 - standards under preparation for FDIS 13250-2,3,4
 - two NWI for closing plenary - parts 6,7 compact, graphical notations
 - TM/RDF interoperability
 - academic conference on Topic Maps in Germany in October
10. ISO/IEC JTC1 Activities of Interest to SC34 
 - Keld: 2 ad hoc meetings re: directives on behalf of SC34
   - going to undertake revision of procedures
   - looking at rules for archiving
11. Review of Programme of Work and Target Dates 
11.1 DIS 26300 ODF
 - six month JTC1 PAS Ballot ending 2006-05-01
 - review of PAS procedure (Directives 14.4)
   - clear guidelines as to role of SC34 in Directives section 14.4.3.7
12. Review of SC34 Meeting Calendar 
 - SC34 - May 29 - June 1, 2006 in Seoul, South Korea, hosted by the Republic of Korea National Body
 - WG3 - August 2006 in Montréal
 - SC34 is to propose to JTC1 per Directives section 14.4.3.7 a ballot resolution meeting for DIS 26300 as follows:
   - convenor - Martin Bryan
   - project editor - Patrick Durusau (pending appointment)
   - location - Seoul, South Korea, May 30-31, 2006
 - SC34 is to invite European NBs to propose our late 2006 meeting location and date
13. Other opening plenary meeting business 
 - attendance at closing plenary (proxy rules Directives section 9.1.1)
 - reception in Covington, GA
14. Working group breakouts
15. Opening of closing plenary meeting
16. Review of work accomplished since opening plenary meeting
17. Review of Programme of Work and Target Dates 
18. Approval of Resolutions 
19. Other closing plenary business
 - comments from Mary McRae, OASIS
20. Adjournment